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CIA POSTS DECLASSIFIED UFO DOCUMENTS FROM ITS “X-FILES”

BY Rudie Obias
January 30, 2016
CIA

“The truth is out there.” No, really! To celebrate the recent return of The
X-Files to Fox, the Central Intelligence Agency posted a few declassified
documents and photos that will fascinate both UFO enthusiasts and skeptics
alike. The “X-Files” released are a series of documents from the 1940s and '50s
that attempt to answer the question: “UFOs: Fact or Fiction?”

The documents are separated into two categories: five files that true believer
Fox Mulder would appreciate, such as “Flying Saucers Reported Over Spain and
North Africa” in 1952, and five debunking documents that the doubtful Dr. Dana
Scully would adore, like a “Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying
Objects” from 1953. There are 10 documents and photos in total, which were all
declassified in 1978 as part of the agency’s research into the possibility of
UFOs and alien life.



[h/t The A.V. Club]



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